beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1

: to make or perform by or as if by beating

2

: to mark or accompany by beating

3

: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film beat out Hollywood blockbusters Lilo & Stitch and Zootropolis 2 to clinch the award. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026

Boulder beat out Utah and Ohio as new host candidates for the festival, with Sundance announcing Boulder as the winner in March 2025 at a press conference outside the Boulder Theater. —John Wenzel, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026

Aramayo beat out Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke to take home the leading man statue for his performance. —Ellise Shafer, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026

The most veteran homegrown players on that offense were center Pat Coogan and guard Rocco Spindler, who were beat out for starting jobs during training camp but returned to the lineup in September. —Pete Sampson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout